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• Psychedelic club visuals worth raving about – in pictures

  26-11-2022 18:00
  Kevin Foakes says the world of light wheels and projection art opened up to him when he discovered a book called Psychedelic Art in his college library during the 1980s. “I DJ under the name Further with my friend Pete Williams and we mix wheels, slides and video to create a shifting collage that turns a room into a living, fluctuating artwork.” Now he has created his own book, Wheels of Light, a history of British psychedelic club visuals. “We’ve all been to clubs and ra
  
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• ‘It made me think of decorations on a Christmas tree’: Arianna Genghini’s best phone picture

  26-11-2022 11:00
  The Italian photographer was in San Francisco’s Chinatown when she came across this grand ivory buildingArianna Genghini’s first stop on her family road trip through four US states was San Francisco. While they went on to travel through Utah, Nevada and Arizona in a rented minivan, it was the California city’s expansive Chinatown that captured the Italian photographer’s eye most powerfully.“I was exploring with my sister Sofia, and we spotted the Dragon Gate at the
  
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• ‘I can’t take up a weapon, so I create’: how Ukraine’s artists are taking on Putin’s Russia

  26-11-2022 10:00
  Putin’s invasion was designed to eradicate Ukraine’s sense of identity and history. But the nation’s artists are weaponising their work to mount a powerful act of resistanceWhen I meet him, artist Oleksiy Sai, along with his wife and son, have slept the night in their studio, a warren of rooms tucked behind an unassuming courtyard in central Kyiv. It’s on the ground floor, and with good walls, so they reckon it’s reasonably safe from Russian rockets. Safer, that is,
  
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• Happy holly days: 10 of the best Christmas outings across the UK

  26-11-2022 08:00
  Light trails, sparkly castles, pantos, vintage cinema and even a solar-powered ice rink … We pick dozens of events to get you into the spirit of ChristmasWe all need a bit of cheer at this time of year, when nights are long and days are often dark – maybe now more than ever. Luckily, the UK’s stately homes, galleries, gardens, theatres, churches and steam trains have been planning ahead and are ready with art and music, fire and ice, and mince pies with Santa. Even the most re
  
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• From Matilda to Stormzy: a complete guide to this week’s entertainment

  26-11-2022 07:00
  A musical update of a beloved classic or a comeback from a mighty rap king? Whatever you fancy, our critics have you covered for the next seven daysGlass Onion: A Knives Out Mystery
  Out now & Netflix on 23 December
  Daniel Craig serves up another bucket of his best Kentucky Fried accent work as Benoit Blanc, the deep south’s answer to Sherlock Holmes, capitalising on the rapturous response to Knives Out with essentially more of the same, only this time the mystery is taking place on an
  
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• Bad At Arguing? Try This

  26-11-2022 00:00 via vox.com
  It’s not impossible to make your argument stick. And there’s been some good scientific work on this. Here are two strategies that, based on the evidence, seem promising. – Vox
  
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